Bonebrake 
Theological 
Seminary 


Report  of  the 
Board  of  Directors 
1909 


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REPORT  of  the 
BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  of 


Cbc  Boncbrakc  Cbcological 
Seminary 


OF  THE 

CHURCH  OF  THE  UNITED  BRETHREN  IN 

CHRIST  FOR  THE  QUADRENNIUM 

ENDING  MARCH  31,  1909 


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REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  OF  THE  BONE 

BRAKE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY   FOR  Till'.  QUAD 

KK.WH.M   ENDING  MAY  1909. 


T<i  the  General  Conference,  Convening  in  Canton,  Ohio,  May  /••'. 
1909: 

It  is  a  pleasure  to  report  thai  the  work  of  the  Seminary  has  made 
progress  during  the  pasl  four  years. 

The  total  number  of  students  enrolled  is  l;:!4,  againsl  L81  lasl  quad- 
rennium;  the  Dumber  of  graduates,  62  i-">1  being  college  men), 
againsl  54  lasl  quadrennium  (23  being  college  men);  of  the  62  grad- 
uates, 55  were  men,  7  were  women.  In  the  regular  course,  11;  in 
the  English  course,  17:  in  the  missionary  courses  '•  i"  the  deaconess 
course,  •'!. 

While  the  curriculum  i>t'  studies  has  always  been  equal  to,  ami  even 
in  advance  of  ether  seminaries  of  similar  grade  and  equipment,  it 
was  found  necessary  to  give  increased  attention  to  homiletics,  bis- 
tory.  sociology,  pedagogy,  and  child  psychology,  ami  also  to  add  a 
dei ness  course  to  the  other  three  courses  offered. 

To  meet  these  enlarged  demands  satisfactorily,  it  was  necessary  to 
add  a  fifth  member  to  the  faculty  in  the  person  of  W.  (l.  dippinger, 
a  graduate  of  the  class  of  L903.  lie  has  done  excellent  service  the 
pasl    four  years,  proving   the   Hoard   made  a    wise  choice. 

October  11,  L906,  the  Seminary  was  thirty-five  year-  old.  and  the 
anniversary  was  celebrated  on  the  evenings  of  the  ninth  and  tenth. 
Representative  men  from  different  sections  of  the  Church  .-poke  on 
diiferent  feature-  of  the  work  of  the  Seminary.  Sentiment  was 
created  and  several  hundred  dollar-  voluntarily  contributed  toward  a 
new  dormitory  building. 


PROGRAM. 

OCTOBER   !•.   7  :  30   P.M. 

"<  'nine.  Tin  hi  Almighty  King" Qongregation 

Reading  of  the  Word  of  God, 


no  er. 

Music  Quartet 

"History  of  the  Seminary,"  Rev.  J.  P.  Landis,  D.D.,  Ph.D.,  Secretary 

of  Faculty. 

Greetings  from  the  presenl  student  body,  Rev.  M.  ().  McLaughlin,  of 

Senior  ( 'las-,. 

"The  Seminary's  Relation  to  the  Young  People  of  the  Ohurcn,     Rev. 
J.  G.  Iluher,  D.D..  President  Y.  P.  C.  F. 

Music    Quartet 

"The  Seminary's  Relation  to  the  tJnevangeiized,     Rev.  S.  S.  Hough, 

D.U..  Secretary  of  Foreign  Board. 
"The  Seminary  and  the  Supply  of  Efficient   Pastors,"  Bishop  (i.    M. 

Mathews.  D.D.,  Chicago,  111. 

Music    Quartet 

Benediction. 

OCTOBER   1<>,  7  :  •'!<>  P.M. 

M  usic   ( fongregation 

lu  spoiisive    reading  of   the   Word   of   (iud. 
Prayer. 

Music    Quartet 

"Immediate  Material    Demamk"   Pev.  ( '.    M.    Brooke.   P.D..  Business 

Mariager! 
"The  College  and   the  Seminary"    Rev.  ( '.   J.   Kephart.  D.D.,   Toledo. 

Iowa.  President  Leander  ('lark  College. 

Musie    ' Quartet 

"The  Seminary  as  a    Unifying  and    Impelling  Spiritual    Force,"    Rev. 

(!.    I).  Gossard,  class   1896,   Baltimore,    Mil. 

"The  Responsibility   of  the  Church  to   the  Seminary  of  the    Future," 

Rev.   II.  II.  Font,  D.I).,  Editor  Sunday-school   literature. 
M  usic   ( Congregation 

Benedict  ion. 


Ail  ;i  called  Session  of  the  Hoard.  March  BO,  r.x>!>,  the  name  was 
changed  I  rum  Union  Biblical  Seminary  to  The  Bone-brake  Tbeolog- 
ical  Seminary,  in  recognition  of  a  gift  by  dohn  M.  Bonebrake  and 
liis  wife,  Mi>.  Mary  K.  Bonebrake,  384  acres  of  land  in  Thomas 
County,  Kansas,  appraised  a1  ^83-,0O0.  The  intoeption  as  well  as  the 
completion  of  this  valuable  gifl  is  due  to  the  Manager  of  the  Sem- 
inary.  Dr.  ( '.  ML  Brooke.  Without  drawing  upon  the  general  treas- 
ury, the  Library  was  catalogued,  rendering  it  more  serviceable:  It  is 
now  much  used  1  > v  the  students.  Karly  provision  ouidit  to  be  made 
tor  the  addition  of  a  large  Dumber  of  new  liouks  which  are  much 
needed. 

Closing  of  tlie  Seminary  year  with  a  devotional  Bible  conference. 
inaugurated  by  our  institution,  is  being  imitated  by  other  seminaries. 

Those  held  under  such  leaders  as  (i.  Campbell  Morgan,  V.  B.  Meyer, 
-I.  Campbell  White  were  greal  occasions  for  reunions  of  the  Alumni 
and  friends,  were  a  spiritual  uplift  to  the  -Indents,  to  hundred-  61 
pastors  of  other  churches  a-  well  as  of  our  Church,  and  served  :  , 
make  the  Seminary  known  in  a  most  favorahie  way.  Only  two  of 
such  conferences  were  held  the  past   four  years. 

The  financial  facts  by  the  Business  Manager: 

Kndowment    fund    ' 170,000 

Increase  in  endowment    in   land  during  the  quadivimium.  .  .  .        83,000 

increase  other  than   land 5,000 

New  Building  Fund,  cash  and  notes 7,<M)i> 

Liabilities    1,900 

Total  net  assets $245,000 

While  there  has  keen  some  advancement,  the  Seminary  i-  not 
meeting  the  increasing  demands  for  trained  workers  in  opening  fields 
at  home  and  abroad  so  that  relatively  the  Seminary  is  far  behind 
what  it  should  be  in  numbers  and  equipment;  and  as  in  the  past 
twelve  years  there  has  not  keen  a  general  canvass  of  the  Church  in 
this   interest, 

l .  We  recommend  the  Commencemenl  Bible  Conferences  of  the pasl 
he  restored,  that  the  management  of  the  same  he  committed  to  the 
Seminary  faculty,  and  that  the  Hoard  of  Directors  lend  such  eu- 
couragemenl  and  take  such  -tops  at  each  Board  meeting  a-  -hah 
make  it  possible  to  secure  the  highest  grade  of  men  in  the  land. 


2.  We  recommend  thai  steps  be  taken  to  erect  on  the  grounds  owned 
by  the  Seminary  additional  buildings;  one  a  dormitory  building  with 
all  the  modern,  approved  appointments;  the  other  a  library  building. 
The  old  building  which  for  thirty-one  years  has  served  all  purposes  is 
no  longer  adequate,  but  can  be  changed  into  an  administration  build- 
ing. These  additions  are  imperative  if  the  Qhureh  is  to  afford  ade- 
quate accommodation  for  students  and  keep  pace  with  the  enlarging 
equipments  of  the  colleges  and  other  seminaries. 

3.  Inasmuch  as  an  Educational  Secretary  is  needed  to  stimulate, 
unify,  and  to  build  up  wisely  and  solidly  a  definite  educational  de- 
partment of  the  Church,  to  inspire  increased,  attention  to  the  work 
of  the  ministry,  to  seek  out,  encourage,  and  care  for  young  men  enter- 
ing the  ministry  with  a  view  to  their  largest  efficiency,  to  increase 
beneficiary  aid  funds,  etc,  we  recommend  that  a  Secretary  of  Educa- 
tion be  elected,  care  being  taken  to  secure  the  right  man  for  this 
wide  field. 

4.  We  recommend  that  a  strenuous  effort  be  made  the  next  four 
years  to  solicit  the  entire  Church  both  for  students  and  for  money,  and 
we  call  attention  to  the  small  number  of  college  men  entering  the 
Seminary. 

Of  the  234  enrolled  students  the  past  four  years,  forty-five  bad 
graduated  from  a  college.  Of  the  thirty-seven  entering  as  Juniors 
last  fall,  only  six  enrolled  as  graduates  of  a  college,  seventeen  as  hav- 
ing attended  college  or  high  school  a  short  time,  and  fourteen  as  not 
having  attended  any  beyond  the  graded  school. 

The  number  of  those  unprepared,  or  only  partially  prepared,  is 
mit  of  proportion  to  those  prepared  to  warrant  the  mosi  desirable  re 
suits  in  classes,  and  to  meet  the  expectations  and  demands  of  Semi- 
nary graduates  on  the  part  of  the  Church. 

5.  That  the  assessment  for  the  Seminary  he  increased  to  $10,000 
per  year  for  the  next  quadrenninm  and  the  same  be  apportioned  to 
the  conferences  and   collected  in  full. 

li.  In  view  of  the  lack  of  facilities  for  carrying  on  the  work  of 
the  Seminary  and  the  imperative  demand  for  additional  buildings. 
we  offer  it  as  our  candid  and  deliberate  judgment  that  unless  the  Gen- 
eral Conference  makes  such  progress  possible  that  the  Seminary  will 
be  unable  to  best  serve  the  Church  and  give  to  it  adequate  returns 
for   the  money   expended    in   its  maintenance. 

G.    A.     Fl   .NKIKM  ■SKI!, 

H.  A.  Thompson. 
P.  M.   Camp. 

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